Hostage
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Rohit Arya, who took children hostage in Mumbai's RA studio, shot dead in police encounter
Maharashtra | Oct 30, 2025, 11:38 PM ISTMumbai: The incident began when Rohit Arya, identified as a mentally disturbed resident of Pune, allegedly called 17 children, a senior citizen, and another civilian to RA Studio under the pretext of conducting auditions for a web series.
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Israel, Hamas sign first phase of Gaza peace deal; hostage release, troop withdrawal in the offing
World | Oct 09, 2025, 07:14 AM ISTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also hailed the peace agreement, calling it their diplomatic and moral victory. He also thanked US President Donald Trump for standing strong with Israel and ensuring the freedom of hostages.
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Hostage ending explained: Who dies, who survives and what’s next in Netflix thriller?
Ott | Aug 24, 2025, 05:17 PM ISTHostage on Netflix ends with shocking twists, loss, and survival. Here’s the full ending explained and what could come next for the thriller series.
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Hamas agreed to release last living US hostage Edan Alexander in Gaza, confirms envoy of Trump
World | May 12, 2025, 09:39 AM ISTIndirect talks between Hamas and the US began 5 days ago, an Egyptian official and a senior Hamas official told media, with both describing the release of Edan Alexander as a gesture of goodwill.
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Pennsylvania hospital shootout: Officer killed, five injured as gunman takes staff hostage
World | Feb 23, 2025, 09:18 AM ISTThe shooting is part of a wave of gun violence in recent years that has swept through US hospitals and medical centres, which have struggled to adapt to the growing threats.
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Lady Sub-Inspector taken hostage by miscreants in Lucknow, pressurised to withdraw complaint
Uttar Pradesh | Sep 17, 2024, 09:19 PM ISTThe lady Sub Inspector alleged that a person came to his house saying that he needed an urgent signature on a document. On the pretext of it, he forcibly took her away in a car and threatened her.
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Israel rescues one hostage from Hamas captivity as part of 'complex rescue operation' in Gaza
World | Aug 27, 2024, 06:34 PM ISTAround 108 hostages still remain in Hamas captivity in Gaza, a third of them believed to be dead as the war between Israel and Hamas is going to enter its 12th month. Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, is the eighth hostage who has come back from Gaza alive after being abducted on October 7.
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'You will not sit here while they die there': Families of hostages storm Israeli Parliament panel
World | Jan 22, 2024, 07:07 PM ISTThe relatives of hostages have accelerated their protests in recent days, demanding the government do more to get their loved ones released.
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Hamas releases new video of Israeli hostages as war marks 100-day, says it will disclose their fate
World | Jan 15, 2024, 10:31 AM ISTHamas released a video showing three hostages: Noa Argamani, Yossi Sharabi, and Itay Svirski, who were abducted on the day the militant group barged into the neighbouring nation and killed over 1400 Israeli civilians.
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Chhattisgarh: 16-year-old held hostage, raped, one held
chhattisgarh | Jan 02, 2024, 05:52 PM ISTThe accused took the girl to a nearby forest on his motorcycle and then took her to his house, where he allegedly raped her for the next two days, he said.
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'Don't let us grow old here': Israeli hostages plead as Hamas releases new propaganda video I WATCH
World | Dec 19, 2023, 12:49 PM ISTIsrael-Hamas war: Sitting in the middle, one of the hostages speaks to the camera, saying he and other elderly hostages who have health issues are "suffering greatly in very harsh conditions."
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Israeli women and children set to be released from captivity as Israel-Hamas deal nearly complete
World | Nov 21, 2023, 10:44 PM ISTThe deal could include an initial release of 50 hostages, expected to be women and children, within the first four days in exchange for a pause in the fighting, a senior Israeli source told reporters on Tuesday evening.
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Israeli military confirms body of a second Israeli hostage recovered near Al-Shifa Hospital
World | Nov 17, 2023, 06:34 PM ISTThe Israeli military initially did not acknowledge her death but after the video was released, it said Hamas “continues to exploit psychological terrorism and act inhumanely, through videos and photos of the hostages.”
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Germany’s Hamburg Airport witnesses hostage situation as armed man breaches security, flights halted
World | Nov 05, 2023, 09:29 AM ISTThe man broke through the airport security allegedly with a child in his car, thus creating a hostage situation at Germany's Hamburg Airport. The police attempted to resolve the situation and deployed a "substantial amount of special forces", according to officials.
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Israel- Hamas Conflict: Friends Of Israeli Hostages Hold Briefing In Tel-Aviv | India TV News
News | Nov 01, 2023, 09:07 PM ISTIsrael- Hamas war entered another day and relatives of hostages held by Hamas, held a briefing in Israel's Tel-Aviv, demanding the release of hostages. Over 200 people have been held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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French envoy, diplomats 'being held hostage' in junta-ruled Niger, claims President Emmanuel Macron
World | Sep 16, 2023, 12:57 PM ISTThe military junta in Niger had earlier ordered the French envoy to leave the country and gave him a 48-hour deadline, which he defied by choosing to remain in the country.
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Bhopal: Google senior manager given intoxicants, married forcibly, threatened for Rs 40 lakh
Crime | Oct 16, 2022, 07:19 AM ISTBhopal: The victim Ganesh Shankar said the girl and her family members clicked some photographs, on the basis of which they were demanding Rs 40 lakh from him. They also threatened to implicate him in a false case if he failed to give money.
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Texas synagogue hostage-taker killed; Biden terms incident 'act of terror'
World | Jan 17, 2022, 09:29 AM ISTAt least four people were taken hostages by a man at a synagogue in the town of Colleyville for more than ten hours on Saturday. As per the release, the FBI's Evidence Response Team (ERT) will continue processing evidence at the synagogue.
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Hostage situation at Texas synagogue ends; captor demanding release of Pak neuroscientist dead
World | Jan 16, 2022, 10:17 AM ISTSiddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist with advanced degrees from Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was sentenced in 2010 to 86 years in prison on charges that she assaulted and shot at US Army officers after being detained in Afghanistan two years earlier.
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Rohtak: BJP leaders, watching PM Modi's Kedarnath programme live, held hostage by farmers
India | Nov 05, 2021, 04:25 PM ISTThe leaders were watching PM Modi's programme in Kedarnath live at a temple in Rohtak's Kiloi village when dozens of farmers suddenly surrounded them.